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William Holden

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedApr 17, 1918 (Died at 63)
Zodiac Sign♈Aries
Place of BirthO'Fallon, Illinois, USA
Career Span1938 – 1981
Known Credits107 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 2.9

William Holden

Also known as:William Franklin Beedle Jr.ویلیام هولدن
Total Works

107

95 movies • 12 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#3

TMDB star index

Biography

William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career (winning Best Actor in 1953 for "Stalag 17"), and also won the Emmy Award for Best Actor for "The Blue Knight" in 1974. He is also known for his roles in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), "Sabrina" (1954), and "Network" (1976). One of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list as #25.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Sunset Boulevard
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950•movie
as Joe Gillis
The Bridge on the River Kwai
7.8
as Cmdr. Shears
Network
7.8
Network
1976•movie
as Max Schumacher
Sabrina
7.5
Sabrina
1954•movie
as David Larrabee

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 107 titles featuring William Holden

Sunset Boulevard
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950•movie

as Joe Gillis

The Bridge on the River Kwai
7.8

as Cmdr. Shears

Network
7.8
Network
1976•movie

as Max Schumacher

Sabrina
7.5
Sabrina
1954•movie

as David Larrabee

The Wild Bunch
7.6
The Wild Bunch
1969•movie

as Pike Bishop

The Towering Inferno
7.0

as Jim Duncan

Casino Royale
5.2
Casino Royale
1967•movie

as Ransome

Damien - Omen II
6.4
Damien - Omen II
1978•movie

as Richard Thorn

Stalag 17
7.7
Stalag 17
1953•movie

as J.J. Sefton

The Horse Soldiers
6.9
The Horse Soldiers
1959•movie

as Major 'Hank' Kendall

I Love Lucy
7.9
1 eps
I Love Lucy
1951•series

as William Holden

Paris When It Sizzles
6.3

as Richard Benson

Born Yesterday
7.3
Born Yesterday
1950•movie

as Paul Verrall

Fedora
6.7
Fedora
1978•movie

as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

Breezy
6.8
Breezy
1973•movie

as Frank Harmon

Escape to Athena
5.7
Escape to Athena
1979•movie

as POW (uncredited)

Picnic
6.3
Picnic
1955•movie

as Hal Carter

S.O.B.
6.0
S.O.B.
1981•movie

as Tim Culley

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.6
2 eps
The Country Girl
7.0
The Country Girl
1954•movie

as Bernie Dodd

The Bridges at Toko-Ri
6.0

as Lt. Harry Brubaker

The Devil's Brigade
6.3

as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
6.1

as Mark Elliott

Escape from Fort Bravo
6.3

as Captain Roper

The Oscars
7.1
5 eps
The Oscars
1953•series

as Self

When Time Ran Out...
5.3

as Shelby Gilmore

Executive Suite
7.0
Executive Suite
1954•movie

as McDonald Walling

Alvarez Kelly
6.2
Alvarez Kelly
1966•movie

as Alvarez Kelly

The Counterfeit Traitor
6.5

as Eric Erickson

Ashanti
5.8
Ashanti
1979•movie

as Jim Sandell

The Moon Is Blue
6.3
The Moon Is Blue
1953•movie

as Donald Gresham

Wild Rovers
6.1
Wild Rovers
1971•movie

as Ross Bodine

Union Station
6.5
Union Station
1950•movie

as Lt. William Calhoun

The Man from Colorado
6.9

as Capt. Del Stewart

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
6.0

as Self (archive footage)

The World of Suzie Wong
6.6

as Robert Lomax

The Christmas Tree
6.2
The Christmas Tree
1969•movie

as Laurent Ségur

The Dark Past
6.0
The Dark Past
1948•movie

as Al Walker

The Revengers
5.8
The Revengers
1972•movie

as John Benedict

Our Town
5.9
Our Town
1940•movie

as Georges Gibbs

Golden Boy
6.5
Golden Boy
1939•movie

as Joe Bonaparte

Rachel and the Stranger
6.5

as David “Big Davey" Harvey

The Earthling
6.4
The Earthling
1980•movie

as Patrick Foley

The Turning Point
6.3
The Turning Point
1952•movie

as Jerry McKibbon

The Key
6.1
The Key
1958•movie

as Capt. David Ross

Arizona
6.5
Arizona
1940•movie

as Peter Muncie

Invisible Stripes
6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939•movie

as Tim Taylor

What's My Line?
7.0
1 eps
What's My Line?
1950•series

as Self

Texas
6.7
Texas
1941•movie

as Dan Thomas

21 Hours at Munich
6.3
21 Hours at Munich
1976•movie

as Manfred Schreiber

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self

Open Season
5.3
Open Season
1974•movie

as Hal Wolkowski

The 7th Dawn
6.5
The 7th Dawn
1964•movie

as Major Ferris

The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
2 eps

as Self - Guest

Submarine Command
5.8
Submarine Command
1951•movie

as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White

Forever Female
6.9
Forever Female
1953•movie

as Stanley Krown

Satan Never Sleeps
5.6
Satan Never Sleeps
1962•movie

as Father O'Banion

The Jack Benny Program
7.8
1 eps

as William Holden

Streets of Laredo
6.0
Streets of Laredo
1949•movie

as Jim Dawkins

Toward the Unknown
5.9
Toward the Unknown
1956•movie

as Maj. Lincoln Bond

The Proud and Profane
6.5

as Lt. Col. Colin Black

The Blue Knight
5.5
The Blue Knight
1973•movie

as Bumper Morgan

The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.9
2 eps

as Self

Variety Girl
6.5
Variety Girl
1947•movie

as William Holden

The Mike Douglas Show
5.8
1 eps

as Self

The Lion
5.6
The Lion
1962•movie

as Robert Hayward

Force of Arms
6.7
Force of Arms
1951•movie

as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
5.6

as Dick Richmond

I Wanted Wings
5.6
I Wanted Wings
1941•movie

as Al Ludlow

Apartment for Peggy
8.2

as Jason Taylor

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Dear Ruth
6.7
Dear Ruth
1947•movie

as Lt. William Seacroft

Father Is a Bachelor
7.4

as Johnny Rutledge

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
8.0

as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Fabulous Allan Carr
5.0

as Self (archive footage)

Young and Willing
5.2
Young and Willing
1943•movie

as Norman Reese

Boots Malone
8.1
Boots Malone
1952•movie

as Boots Malone

The Girl on The Roof
5.3

as A tourist

Wings Up
5.7
Wings Up
1943•movie

as Himself

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
7.2

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Steve Allen Show
6.2
1 eps

as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
7.6

as Self (archive footage)

You Can Change The World
6.4

as Self

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
7.6

as Self - Guest (uncredited)

The Fleet's In
6.0
The Fleet's In
1942•movie

as Casey Kirby

The Remarkable Andrew
7.4

as Andrew Long

Meet the Stewarts
5.5
Meet the Stewarts
1942•movie

as Michael "Mike" Stewart

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
6.8

as Self (archive footage)

Prison Farm
6.8
Prison Farm
1938•movie

as Prisoner

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
6.5

as Self (archive footage)

Dear Wife
6.3
Dear Wife
1949•movie

as Bill Seacroft

Blaze of Noon
5.7
Blaze of Noon
1947•movie

as Colin McDonald

Edith Head: The Paramount Years
7.7

as (archive footage)

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
7.7

as Self (archive footage)

Those Were the Days!
8.0

as P. J. "Petey" Simmons

Sally's Beauty Spot
6.0

as Robert Lomax (archive footage)

Million Dollar Legs
6.0

as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)

The Blue Knight
5.0
4 eps
The Blue Knight
1973•series

as Bumper Morgan

Reconnaissance Pilot
7.0

as Lt. Packard A. Cummings

Lykke og krone
9.0
Lykke og krone
1962•movie

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ciné regards
5.0
1 eps
Ciné regards
1978•series

as Self

The Making of 'Network'

as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Yunioshi:  An Asian Perspective

as Self (archive footage)

William Holden: The Golden Boy

as Self (archive footage)

...On Seeing Film
...On Seeing Film
1958•movie

as Self